Greater Greater Washington has commented on a new parking plan proposed to the city council by Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells (with a similar bill for Ward 1). The plan would reserve one side of every street in Ward 6 for resident parking, with passes for residents and guests similar to the current ones.
The Ward 6 Residential Parking Protection Pilot Act of 2009 will be debated at tomorrow's city council meeting. Unfortunately, one change from the current plan involves fees. The parking passes are now free, but the new plan establishes fees of $15 per year for the first permit per household; $50 per year for the second permit per household; and $100 per year for each additional permit after the first 2 permits per household. It is also not clear from the bill if the permits will apply to day-time parking only. Councilmember Wells has a question and answer posting on his blog which you can find here.
UPDATE: From Comment Section:
Actually, the fee is not for the visitors pass. The fee is for the RPP permit, not the visitors pass. Currently, every car at a given household is $15 per year. The proposal is to place a higher value on the RPP permit for the second, third, fourth, etc. vehicle in a household. So the first vehicle remains at $15/year. The second vehicle is $50/year. the third vehicle is $100/year, and so on. The visitors pass would still work the way it does in the Ward 6 parking pilot area -- each household gets one for free.Hope that helps clear up any confusion.
Charles Allen, Chief of Staff for Councilmember Wells.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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Actually, the fee is not for the visitors pass. The fee is for the RPP permit, not the visitors pass. Currently, every car at a given household is $15 per year. The proposal is to place a higher value on the RPP permit for the second, third, fourth, etc. vehicle in a household. So the first vehicle remains at $15/year. The second vehicle is $50/year. the third vehicle is $100/year, and so on. The visitors pass would still work the way it does in the Ward 6 parking pilot area -- each household gets one for free.
Hope that helps clear up any confusion.
Charles Allen
It certainly does. I am going to take this comment to the front page as an update.
What prevents a two car household from buying one $15 RPP and using the FREE residential VISITOR pass for their second car?
I live in the area that is effected by the Parking Pilot Program and I think it is terrible. The idea of this program continuing and expanding makes my blood boil.
This program has effectively isolated us from our friends and family. Folks just don't want to bother with planning a visit far enough in advance so that I can grab a temporary parking pass for them from the 1st District Police Department. Or, God forbid, we want to throw a party!
This is just an example of how DC's government is trying to either bring down the middle-class or move them out to VA/MD (the same demographic that pays so much into the general fund and only sees waste from their hard-earned taxes).
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